Stepmother in charge: Making a fortune through farming and raising her children to fight back

"what happened?"

Yun Zhenzhen hurried towards the inner room.

"Mom, it's leaking." Xiao Nan said this, but he had already held a big bowl in his hand to catch the rain.

In the middle of the main room, raindrops flowed down the reed stems, drop by drop. The last time it leaked was in the inner room, and I finally managed to pad it with something. I didn't expect the main room to leak too.

"There's a leak here too..." Xu Ling'er said silently.

Not only in these two places, but also in the corner of the main room near the backyard, raindrops were falling.

The only thought in her mind was to hurry up and build the house. She never wanted to experience the feeling of heavy rain outside and light rain inside again.

The floor of this house is now covered with mud. After the rain leaked in, the entire ground is wet, and every step leaves a mark.

Qin Li coughed unnaturally and said, "When it rained last year, I wrote down all the leaking locations in my house, but then I was busy with business and forgot about it. When the rain stops this time, I will go up and fix the roof."

Yun Zhenzhen nodded. It was indeed necessary to repair it. After all, it would take some time to build the house, and it was never certain when it would rain again.

As they spoke, the family busied themselves looking for some wooden basins and barrels to collect the rainwater.

tick... tick...

The sound of the rain outside had subsided, leaving only one spot in the room still dripping occasionally. Yun Zhenzhen picked up the bucket and saw that it was half full of rainwater.

Don’t waste it. Use this water to give the piglets a bath when you have time.

……

Early the next morning.

The sky has completely cleared up, and the scorching sun above is shining directly on the earth, making people sweat slightly, and the ground is completely dry.

Yun Zhenzhen came to the old house and saw Qin's two sons crushing wheat with stones, and then the whole family joined in.

Take the previously dried rice and spread it out on the ground, threshing it while drying. You can't stop for a moment. Judging from the momentum of yesterday's rain, there won't be many days of such sunshine, so you have to hurry and finish it.

Suddenly, the sharp-eyed Chen saw a carriage appear in his field of vision, driving towards him from the main road of Qinjia Village.

"Mother, carriage."

Without even turning her head, Old Lady Qin scolded angrily, "You don't work hard every day and just slack off. Where can we get a carriage in our village? Even if we do have one, it has nothing to do with our family."

Instead, Jiang looked up curiously.

"Mom, there really are carriages. There are more than one, there are three coming together."

"How come you've learned to be lazy too?" Old Mrs. Qin muttered.

Seeing that she didn't believe it, Jiang Shi directly shook her hand and said, "Mother, my second brother's wife didn't lie to you. There really is a carriage, and it looks like it's heading towards our house."

Only then did Old Lady Qin stand up and look over.

The three carriages stopped in the middle of the main road. The coachmen jumped out, as if looking for someone to ask for directions. Then they drove the carriages towards their own yard, getting closer and closer.

Yun Zhenzhen also stood up.

Everyone just stared at the carriage, and soon, the carriage stopped in front of the old house.

A group of people in the yard, led by Old Lady Qin, hurried out to greet them, all with nervous expressions on their faces.

The carriage stopped and two people walked out. They were both dressed in gorgeous clothes and wearing feather crowns on their heads. They stood on the ground and looked out of place in the entire village.

Old Mrs. Qin looked confused. They didn't know this person, but Yun Jin recognized them in an instant. These two people were Wang Ze and Wang Ye.

They had already fallen out in the county before, especially Wang Ye, whom I had offended deeply. Now these two people have come to Qinjia Village again. I don’t know what evil they are planning.

More people came out of the carriage behind. Yun Jing knew all of them. They were all students of Xingyang Academy.

Old Mrs. Qin, who was standing at the front, was a little dazed and didn't know how to greet everyone.

Yun Jing walked to the front and looked at them indifferently: "Everything has been resolved, what are you doing here?"

"Hehe, this whole land belongs to the king. Are you the only one who can come to Qinjia Village? We can't come?" Wang Ye mocked.

"Shut up, have you forgotten what we are here for?"

Wang Ze glanced at Wang Ye and scolded him coldly, then looked at Yun Jing with a smile.

"Brother Yun, please don't be angry. We came here with no ill intentions. We need a formal apology for the Xingyang Academy incident. The classmates behind me are here to apologize with me. Besides, the last time Wang Ye falsely accused you, it's time to put an end to it..."

After saying that, Wang Ye reluctantly took a step forward: "Brother Yun, I was wrong about what happened last time. I hope you can be magnanimous and not hold it against me."

Others behind him also came forward to apologize one after another.

Wang Ze also took out an envelope with nearly a thousand words written inside. It was a letter of apology, and he asked Wang Ye to read it out on the spot.

Finally, Wang Ze also presented an apology gift, which was a fine set of four treasures of the study.

Yun Jing watched the scene calmly. He did not feel proud, but just calmly accepted their apology.

What's more, it was thanks to County Magistrate Wang and his aunt that he received this belated apology.

If it were in the past, County Magistrate Wang’s words would definitely not affect other people, but recently he has been highly valued by the governor. Since this matter was mentioned in person last time, the County Magistrate of Taiyin County must give an explanation.

"I accept your apology, but please take these things back, Brother Wang." Yun Jing looked at the group of people in front of him coldly: "I have things to do at home, so I can't accompany you if I'm busy."

"You..." Wang Ye was about to scold him for being ungrateful when he was stopped by Wang Ze.

"Since Brother Yun refuses to accept it, it must be because I didn't choose the right gift. So, how about this? I'll stay and help you with the work to express my apology. What do you think?"

Hearing this, Wang Ye widened his eyes: "Cousin, you..."

"Everyone go back first, I'll stay." Wang Ze interrupted him coldly and looked at the students behind him.

In the past, he would never have been so humble. He was just a peasant woman's son, so what was there to fear? But recently, County Magistrate Wang had particularly appreciated Yun Jing, and County Magistrate Wang had been highly valued by the Governor. His popularity had already surpassed that of the Taiyin County Magistrate.

Before he left, his father repeatedly told him to make Yun Jing accept his apology and be on good terms with him and that Lady Yun. If that didn't work, he could just stay here.

He is different from this stupid cousin. He will pursue a career in politics in the future. As the saying goes, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. One more friend means one less enemy.

He sees this more clearly than anyone else.

"Brother Yun, what do we need to do now?" Wang Ze rolled up his sleeves and prepared to take action.

Wang Ye saw that he couldn't persuade his cousin, and it was impossible for him to stay in such a place, so he had to go back to the city with the other students.

Compared to Yun Jing's indifference, the smile on Yun Zhenzhen's face gradually widened. She was worried that no one would do the housework, and this free labor was delivered to her door, so she would waste it if she didn't use it.